The NBA continues to put out fires before their planned restart in Disney World. Will Barton is only adding fuel to that said fire. The Denver Nuggets' wing player expressed his dismay in a report from Mike Singer of the Denver Post.
“I don’t see us going down there and wearing George Floyd T-shirts before the games and then after a game, being interviewed, saying we need to change,” Barton told The Denver Post in a wide-ranging interview. “I’ll tell you right now, I don’t really see that helping. I feel like it’s too late in the ballgame. We’ve been going through this for 400-plus years now. I feel like the only way for real change is going to come is a revolution.”
Will Barton has long been an advocate for social change. He's stood for countless causes in the past and continues to battle for reform.
He stood with Damian Lillard wearing an “I Can't Breathe” t-shirt during a game in commemoration of Eric Garner in 2014. He's participated in a number of protests and given speeches to rally others to fight police brutality. But as things don't seem to be changing, he might think his NBA peers need a different approach.
“Here it is 2020, and we’re still doing peaceful protests and peaceful speeches for something that’s already a law, that’s already in place,” Barton said. “… To me, peaceful protesting and speeches and all that, I think it’s past that point. I don’t think us playing and wearing those T-shirts and all that is going to do it anymore. I don’t feel like that’s enough. I think a revolution is the only way at this point.”
There are definitely many sides regarding this issue, but Barton's made it clear what he side he's on.
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